Damage to railroad yard in Viareggio, Italy on 7 December 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corp photograph, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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494.Photograph. '7 Dec 44. 5/MM-4-31175. Fifth Army, Viareggio, Italy. Closeup of a railroad draped over a coach or car by allied bombing. The marshalling yard here looks like a surrealist's nightmare with its strange designs of destruction. Photo by Yaskell. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Viareggio, Italy. 7 December 1944

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Signal Corps photographs from the service of William F. Caddell, Sr. taken from the Fall of Rome through the end of the war.
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Viareggio
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43.867
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10.233
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Railroad cars--Italian--Italy
Railroad ties--Italy
Railroad tracks--Italy
Children--Italy
War damage--Italy